svetikya Chapter 359
Chapter 359
A few days later, Xianyang City, the Pawn Bureau.
"The envoy of the lower kingdom, I have seen the honorable His Royal Highness the prince of the upper kingdom, and I pray for the benevolent His Royal Highness, to have mercy on the sudden locust plague in the lower kingdom, and to help the people of the lower kingdom. "
As soon as the Carthaginian envoy Dru saw Fusu, he hurriedly made a five-body throw, and said with a miserable expression on his face.
"This cheekless guy!"
The Roman envoy Barqueliu, who was on the side, secretly scolded Drew for being shameless, and then knelt down as well.
There's no way, Drew has saluted like this, if Buckliu is a little disrespectful, what if he is kicked out by the Great Qin people in the name of disrespect?
You must know that now their country is suffering from all kinds of locust plagues, and the harvest in the summer and autumn of this year is basically lost, and if they don't hurry up to buy back grain from Daqin, they are afraid that they will really starve to death.
"Get up!"
"The situation between the two of you, Prince Ben already knows. "
"But you have come all the way, you should also know that my Persian County and Seleucid region of Daqin have also been attacked by locust plagues, the harvest has been greatly reduced, and the grain stocks in the treasury have basically been allocated for disaster relief, so Daqin is also powerless in this relief. "
Fusu said indifferently.
Rome is Daqin's 047 opponent, although Carthage nominally joined the Daqin business alliance, but except for a little tribute, it did not make much contribution to Daqin, and it was purely whimsical to want Daqin's relief.
Fusu is not the group of rotten Confucians who have their brains in water and specialize in sending benefits to other races in later generations, and their external principles have always been extremely domineering.
In this world, the only diplomatic truth is might!
The super empires of later generations are so arrogant and domineering, but all countries dare to be angry and dare not speak, isn't it because their fists are big enough?
The so-called super welfare is completely raised by sucking the blood and sweat of other countries.
The gap between the national strength of Daqin and other countries today is still higher than that of the super empires and other countries in later generations, and Fusu feels that he is already merciful enough.
To put it bluntly, the current grain is in the hands of Daqin, and if you want food, you must show enough sincerity.
Bucklous and Drew looked at each other, but didn't say much.
One is not dare, and the other is that in their judgment, although Daqin itself has not suffered a disaster, and there should be a surplus in grain production, but after the relief of Persian County and Seleucus, it is indeed impossible to have too much left.
The two of them hurriedly stopped the unrealistic thoughts in their hearts, but began to worry.
If Great Qin didn't have any food, what would they do?
"Please have mercy on my suffering in Carthage and sell a batch of grain from my Daqin at market price!"
Drew thought for a moment, and hurriedly spoke before Bucklius.
"When is it, how can you buy food at market prices, it is insincere at first glance, I am Rome, I am willing to add fifty percent, how much I want!"
Buckro, who had been preempted, glanced at Drew with a disdainful look.
I secretly made calculations in my heart.
According to the principle of the market, at this time, the grain is going to skyrocket, not to mention adding 50%, even doubling or even tripling is not too much, as long as it can be bought, it is a credit.
Moreover, if Daqin's grain can be bought first, so that Carthage has no grain to buy, then Carthage will be hit much harder than Rome, and the battlefield balance between the two sides will be completely broken.
No matter how brave Hannibal's command was, it was impossible for a poorly fed soldier to win a battle, not to mention that there were already many mercenaries of various tribes in the Carthaginian legions.
Once the Carthaginian army ran out of food, Rome could buy it with grain, and then the Carthaginian legion would definitely be in turmoil, and it would no longer be the opponent of the Roman legion.
If you can take Carthage, it will be worth the cost.
Because Rome could gain hegemony in the Mediterranean region before the Suez Canal was opened, and gain rare time.
And time, is priceless!
It is the last hope for Rome and Great Qin to compete!
As for money, at most, it is just to issue more bonds.
I also want to thank Professor Daqin for this method.
It was easy for the Roman Chips (BAGG) to gather tens of thousands of dollars worth of money in Daqin.
"Your Highness, the Romans have always liked to be treacherous, and they are most untrustworthy!"
"I, Carthage, am the ally of Great Qin!"
"Although Carthage is indeed in difficulty at present, in order to show my admiration for Daqin, no matter how much money Rome pays, I, Carthage, am willing to pay the same price!"
"Please sell the grain to Carthage, and don't fall for the Romans!"
The Carthaginian envoy Drew was in a hurry.
This grain is usually inconspicuous and far less valuable than glass tea, but when the locust plague comes and the treasury is empty, it becomes enough straw to crush people!
Without food, Carthage would definitely be devastated.
You must know that Carthage does not have such a perfect grain depot mechanism as Daqin, and all the grain depots together can only support three months at most.
Three months later, in addition to the abundant nobles, most of the commoners were afraid that they would starve to death.
And once the ground is full of hunger, it is impossible not to mess up.
As for asking the nobles to donate grain, Drew didn't dare to think about it at all.
That would be harder than defeating the Romans.
"In the treasury of the Great Qin Mansion, there is indeed a little old grain, but it is ......" (read the violent novel, go to the Feilu Novel Network!)
Fusu deliberately sold a pass.
"Dare to ask Your Highness, how much is this batch of grain?"
Buckello and Drew were overjoyed.
It doesn't matter if it's aged or not, as long as it's there.
Nowadays, the most important thing is quantity. []
"The specific statistics are still being counted, but it shouldn't be more than 30 million stones!"
Fusu said lightly.
Buckello and Drew were suddenly even more joyful.
Both countries now have only a few million people left, and 30 million stone of grain is enough for the two countries to barely support them for a few months.
However, the premise is exclusive, and if it is shared, it is not enough.
"Your Highness, I, Carthage, am willing to offer three times the market price!"
"I, Rome, will give four times!"
"Five!"
The two of them competed with each other, and finally gave a data that made all the officials of the Pawn Office present jaw-dropping:
10x market price!
You must know that the market price of Daqin, even if it is according to one penny and one stone, ten times is ten yuan.
30 million stone grain is 30,000 yuan, of which more than ninety percent is profit.
This data, even if Daqin's business continues to take off now, it is also very profitable.
Think of the grain that the state, county, and county treasury of Daqin can't pile up now.
The eyes of all the officials of the Pawn Office couldn't help but widen.
For Fusu, I also worship it even more.
Because if it weren't for Fusu, it would have to be replaced by Daqin now, and it would be a headache for the lack of food after the natural disaster.
How could there be today's situation?
This comparison, born in Daqin, is so happy!
However, the next moment, Fusu's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.